By Andrew Gray MUNICH (Reuters) -Even as they insist they are not dancing to Donald Trump’s tune on NATO, European leaders are singing from a song sheet designed to appeal to the former U.S. president and his Republican supporters. Trump sparked fierce criticism from Western officials for suggesting he would not protect countries that failed …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis targeted the Rubymar cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden and it is now at risk of sinking, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement on Monday. The ship is British and the crew are safe, he said, adding the Houthis had also shot down a U.S …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s opposition conservative People’s Party retained its absolute majority in its stronghold in the northwest region of Galicia on Sunday in a close-run regional election. The PP won 40 seats in the 75-seat regional assembly, the electoral board said with over 98% of votes counted. “Today, Galicia has voted for common sense. I …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday they had opened an investigation into alleged shootings by Russian forces of six unarmed Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Avdiivka, and two at a village in the same region, after Russia claimed full control of the city. “An investigation into the shootings of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of …
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By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Huge crowds filled the Mexican capital’s main square on Sunday, turning out to support the nation’s electoral body ahead of the upcoming presidential vote and taking aim at current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s efforts to consolidate its power. Organizers said 700,000 people turned out in Mexico City, …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia on Sunday said it had full control of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka after Ukrainian troops withdrew, though Moscow said that some were still holed up in a Soviet-era coke plant after one of the most intense battles of the war. The fall of Avdiivka is …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s opposition conservative People’s Party (PP) is set to retain its absolute majority in its stronghold in the northwest region of Galicia on Sunday in a close-run regional election. The PP is likely to have won 45.9% of the vote, which is enough to retain a majority of 39-40 representatives in the …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Maxim Rodionov MOSCOW (Reuters) – “I love you,” the widow of Alexei Navalny said on Sunday in a post on social media beside a picture of them together, two days after President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic foe died in a Russian jail. Yulia Navalnaya’s post on Instagram, the first since …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Fighting, fuel shortages and Israeli raids put the Gaza Strip’s second-largest hospital completely out of service on Sunday, local and U.N. health officials said, as Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in the devastated Palestinian enclave. The latest blow to Gaza’s destroyed healthcare sector came as Israel prepared …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – An asbestos contamination in Sydney widened on Sunday, with authorities saying the toxic material had been detected in more schools, as a weeks-long effort continued to remove it from mulch used in public places. The contamination was discovered in January when asbestos was found in a playground in the New South Wales …
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